Interesting Engineering1h
US’ nuclear microreactor triggers shutdown within 300 milliseconds of emergency
A California-based developer of microreactors has completed a critical passive cooldown demonstration of its prototype ...
Interesting Engineering3h
How vaporizing plastics could be key to saving a failing recycling industry
A new catalytic process, developed by scientists at UC Berkeley, tackles one of the main problems with traditional plastic ...
Interesting Engineering16h
US Navy submarines to re-arm with nuclear cruise missiles after 3 decades
The US Navy is reviving nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles with a new SLCM-N initiative for its Virginia-class ...
Interesting Engineering13h
GE Aerospace demos 1MW hybrid electric propulsion system for US Army’s air, land fleet
GE Aerospace has demonstrated a 1-megawatt hybrid electric propulsion system under the $5.1M ARC-STEP contract with the US ...
Interesting Engineering14h
World’s first underwater boron ramjet for hypersonic weapons achieves 90% efficiency
Developed by Chinese scientists for hypersonic weapons, the novel engine achieved 90% efficiency in laboratory tests and can ...
Interesting Engineering18h
Starlink rival: China’s SpaceSail set to provide satellite internet in Brazil
Qianfan is one of two Chinese megaconstellations aimed at challenging Starlink’s dominance. The other, Guowang, also known as ...
Interesting Engineering11h
Scientists discover smallest known 16-inch asteroid after Niagara fireball event
Astronomers have identified asteroid 2022 WJ1 as the smallest asteroid ever characterized, measuring just 16 to 27 inches in ...
Interesting Engineering22h
World’s 1st wind-powered carbon capture plant to suck 500,000 tons of CO2 yearly
In a global first, a 100 percent wind powered direct-air-capture (DAC) plant in Texas will remove 50,000 tons of CO2 annually ...
Interesting Engineering18h
NYU performs world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant in medical milestone
NYU Langone performs the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant, marking a breakthrough in minimally invasive ...